Ark's shiny new remake has put it right back where it started: in Early Access facing mixed reviews and performance complaints
Oct. 26, 2023Dino vu
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Just 24 hours after it launched intoSteam Early Access, Ark: Survival Ascended is the 11th most played game on Steam and has racked up4,400 reviewstotaling a “mixed” response. Just 41% of reviews are positive, and the vast majority of the negative reviews have to do with the game’s performance.
Aquick glanceatthe game’s subredditreveals moreof the same. It seems the biggest issue is with FPS, the most common complaint being some variation of: ‘I have this or that GPU and I’m only getting this or that FPS’. There are a fewanecdotal suggestionsforimproving performancefrom Redditorsif you’re interested, but I can’t vouch for any of them personally.
I am curious what exactly, uh, the point of Ark: Survival Ascended is. The original game has been nicely polished up and fine-tuned over the years, is widely considered one of thebest survival gamesever, and is still massively popular. And withArk 2launching next year, it does make you wonder: why not just play the first game some more until the sequel comes out? It’s an even more compelling option now that we know Ascended runs like crap, but to be fair, it is in Early Access and could improve a lot in the coming weeks.
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